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New budget gaming build arround 700$

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APPROXIMATE PURCHASE DATE: THIS WEEK
SYSTEM USAGE FROM MOST TO LEAST IMPORTANT: MOVIES, STREAMING AND GAMING
PREFERRED WEBSITE(S) FOR PARTS: WWW.PIXMANIA.COM/PT
PARTS PREFERENCES: INTEL
OVERCLOCKING: Yes



Hi,

Thank you for your help building this one. I have been not so much in touch with hardware. I need some advice on parts and potential better alternatives, like GPU, HDD, Monitor or even memory. I would like to get the best performance for this budget. I plan tooverclock the E5200 and buy a better one later.

E5200 - 49,90€

GIGABYTE GA-EP45-UD3R - 107€

Samsung TFT 22" Wide SyncMaster T220 - 179€

OCZ PC Reaper HPC Edition Dual Channel 2 x 2GB 1066 - 54,90

Corsair PC CMPSU-450VXEU - 450 W - 65€

Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB (ST3500418AS) - 49,90€

GPU?

514,70 € = 711$

Im already at the budget without GPU!!

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Thank you. Im am thinking on streching the budget to allow a better GPU. For that resolution 1650x1050 do you recomend 4850 4890 or the 260? Maximum of 160€.
For this GPU´s, is the PSU of 450 sufficient?

One more question, would the memory be good for overclocking since I was planning on buying DDR800.

And for last, would this board be better than ASUS P5Q PRO?

Thank you again, cannot do this without your advise!

The Corsair 450VX will power the 4850 with no problem, and probably be fine with the GTX 260. It may have trouble with a 4890.

The P5Q pro is a crossfire motherboard, and so is better in that way.

If you had, for instance, a Corsair 650W PSU and that P5Q pro, you could eventually run two 4850s in crossfire.

Since that's probably not in your plans, stick with the Gigabyte board.

DDR2 800 will work fine with the E5200 for overclocking. Try to get RAM that operates at 1.8V though.

Thank, do u think that a 550 would suit the 4890? For this monitor resolution what best performance/ would you consider for a GPU?

Im planning to use DDR1066 as in first post.

thanks





Proximon said:
The Corsair 450VX will power the 4850 with no problem, and probably be fine with the GTX 260. It may have trouble with a 4890.

The P5Q pro is a crossfire motherboard, and so is better in that way.

If you had, for instance, a Corsair 650W PSU and that P5Q pro, you could eventually run two 4850s in crossfire.

Since that's probably not in your plans, stick with the Gigabyte board.

DDR2 800 will work fine with the E5200 for overclocking. Try to get RAM that operates at 1.8V though.

If you're going to stick with a single GPU solution, then a 500W or 550W should power just about anything you can throw in the computer with enough headroom to not have to worry about it.
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